The H-mode pedestal, ELMs and TF ripple effects in JT-60U/JET dimensionless identity experiments

Nuclear Fusion

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 969-983

  Saibene, G ^a   Oyama, N ^b   Lonnroth J ^c   Andrew, Y ^d   De La Luna, E ^e   Giroud, C ^d   Huysmans, G T A ^f   Kamada, Y ^b   Kempenaars, M A H ^g   Loarte, A ^a   Mc Donald, D ^c   Nave, M M F ^h   Meiggs, A ^d   Parail, V ^d   Sartori, R ^a   Sharapov, S ^d   Stober, J ⁱ   Suzuki, T ^b   Takechi, M ^b   Toi, K ^j   Urano, H ^b   more..

^a EFDA CLOSE SUPPORT UNIT   (Germany)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c ASSOCIATION EURATOM TEKES   (Finland)

^d CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e CIEMAT   (Spain)

^f IRFM   (France)

^g FOM INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA PHYSICS RIJNHUIZEN   (Netherlands)

^h INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

ⁱ EURATOM ASSOCIATION   (Germany)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLASMA WAVES; ROTATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CO-INJECTED PLASMAS; TOROIDAL FIELDS;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 34547820431     PISSN: 00295515     EISSN: 17414326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0029-5515/47/8/031     Document Type: Article

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